Comments on: How to Fine Tune Your Blog for Christmas

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:23:45 +0000

Thanks. I wish I could go back in time and work on my blog a little but I think I have it about right. Its Christmas time and that can’t be delayed!

http://www.411onholidays.com/blog

By: Jess

Jess — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:30:24 +0000

Although this is an older blog I still wanted to comment and say thanks for posting, this is really good information not just for blogs but for sites gearing up for the christmas season, thanks you

By: Rico A

Rico A — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:47:13 +0000

While placebloggers such as myself can have some tough issues with optimizing our sites for certain times of the year, events, etc., because of our necessarily limited geographical scope (and therefore web presence), we can really shine when it comes to Christmas/holiday optimization.

For example, even though people are turning more and more to the Internet to shop (which helps product blogs), there are still numbers of people crowding local malls and shopping districts looking for interesting ideas for gifts.

If you’re a placeblogger, why not feature a few exciting or offbeat retail ideas in your area and link up to the local homeless services donation page. That should drive some place-related search traffic to your page if done correctly.

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By: Dr. BLT

Dr. BLT — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:03:31 +0000

Thanks for the tips. This is a very useful post. I might also add that for musicians, it doesn’t hurt to add links to original Christmas songs. After posting this song of mine at my site last Christmas, it hit the top 30, landing at #21 among the mp3 downloads tracked at mp3000:

Black Santa
Dr. BLT ft. Michael C.
words and music by Dr. BLT (c) 2006
http://www.drblt.net/music/BLKSanta.mp3

This year, after only being posted at my site a few weeks, this song of mine is also poised for chart success:

Brand New Christmas Song
words and music by Dr. BLT (c) 2006
http://www.drblt.net/music/BNewXaSong.mp3

If I can make it without a record contract, so can you.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
and may all your New Year’s dreams come true!

Dr. Bruce L. Thiessen
aka, Dr. BLT

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By: sean

sean — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:19:54 +0000

Great Posts . Another things I have experianced is that if you want to tap the niche market you have to think small. That is if you want to bring in substantial visitors you got to write for a community that is very selective and specific . I think comunicating with your fellow bloggers both offline and Online is a must for bulidng a word of mouth effect . While logic says ,most visitors to a blog comes from Blog directories and Blog searches ,however I get more visitors from search engines .You can use vertical social networking websites to get some mileage. But be careful you have to tread honestly .Desist from writing anything that is remotely concerned with spam.

By: Ana

Ana — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 01:18:26 +0000

Good advice. I do have a Christmas related blog that’s already ready for the season. I don’t know if my SEO and Marketing Blog will see any changes though!

By: Stephen Karanja

Stephen Karanja — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:43:07 +0000

Very interesting ideas. It is worthy trying them out.

By: Luke Meshios

Luke Meshios — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 05:34:08 +0000

Depends on the type of site, imo. I can’t see changing my seo blog ( http://www.wmseo.com ). As most of my readers want clean and easy + simple content to read. But I could understand other blogs pumping up their Amozon links and stuff…

By: Lynda

Lynda — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:26:11 +0000

Good ideas for updating a website before Christmas. The changes will take some time to get indexed – does that mean that the changes will still be reflected in the search engines after the holiday season is over? Do you get a feeling for how long it takes to be added and go from there?